diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e76ed46..32ffa04 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME}
 )
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} LINK_PUBLIC ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${MINIZIP_LIBRARIES})
 target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${LXW_PRIVATE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS})
+if (WINDOWSSTORE)
+  target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -DIOWIN32_USING_WINRT_API)
+endif()
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME}
     PRIVATE ${LXW_PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     PUBLIC include include/xlsxwriter